diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_linux_riscv64.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor_linux_riscv64.go
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+// Copyright (c) 2024 Institute of Software, CAS.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package virtcontainers
+
+// Guest protection is not available on RISC-V.
+func availableGuestProtection() (guestProtection, error) {
+	return noneProtection, nil
+}